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Pter Posted 18 years ago
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left significant value on the table
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00 It comes from the letter from Steve Ballmer to Jerry Yang. Is it considered an idiom? And what is that "table"? A table for gambling? For negotiation? 02 br
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00 The whole letter: 02 br
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00 It comes from the letter from Steve Ballmer to Jerry Yang. Is it considered an idiom? And what is that "table"? A table for gambling? For negotiation? 02 br
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00 The whole letter: 02 br
05 0 00 0230href http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/may08/05-03letter.mspx
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0 I'd say yes, yes, and yes. It's sort of a double-barreled metaphor. It's nice when you can do that.
- 0 I'd say yes, yes, and yes.
- It's sort of a double-barreled metaphor.
- It's nice when you can do that.
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0 I'd say yes, yes, and yes. It's sort of a double-barreled metaphor. It's nice when you can do that. It gives the metaphor more power. 02 br
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00 In poker, there was a big pot on the table and nobody claimed it (won it.) 02 br
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00 A common negotiating expression is, "everything is on the table," meaning "everything is negotiable." Also, "That deal is s
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00 In poker, there was a big pot on the table and nobody claimed it (won it.) 02 br
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00 A common negotiating expression is, "everything is on the table," meaning "everything is negotiable." Also, "That deal is s
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0 Thanks, Avangi. Yes, Microsoft made an offer and Yahoo rejected it. 02 br
00 I have been thinking why you said it was a double-barreled metaphor. You mean as a metaphor for both gambling and negotiation? 0-
00 I have been thinking why you said it was a double-barreled metaphor. You mean as a metaphor for both gambling and negotiation? 0-
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0 Hi Pter, Yes, I should have clarified that. I can't think of another example offhand, but every once in a while one of those comes to my attention, where you get two for the price of one. 02 br
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00 It's quite a different thing from a "mixed metaphor," which is considered bad style. In that case you use two different images with two different key words to describe possibl
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00 It's quite a different thing from a "mixed metaphor," which is considered bad style. In that case you use two different images with two different key words to describe possibl
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0 Oh, yes! Courtship gone sour. An excellent quote I found on a blog: 02 br
00 "Even when Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tries to sound polite, he manages to be rude. His thank-you-very-much letter to Yahoo's Jerry Yang declining to make an offer for Yahoo is no exception." 02 br
00 His thank-you letter is in fact a long list of accusations. 0-
00 "Even when Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tries to sound polite, he manages to be rude. His thank-you-very-much letter to Yahoo's Jerry Yang declining to make an offer for Yahoo is no exception." 02 br
00 His thank-you letter is in fact a long list of accusations. 0-
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